Kite launched its native token KITE, recording $263 million in trading volume in the first two hours, a debut that reshapes the discussion around payment infrastructures for autonomous agents. The figure combines immediate liquidity with a functional proposition—machine-to-machine payments, staking and governance, affecting investors, trading platforms and projects seeking to enable economies of automated agents.
The KITE token debuted on Nov. 3, 2025 and was listed simultaneously on high-traffic exchanges, including Binance, Upbit and Bithumb, which explained much of the initial volume. In that launch the project reached an initial market capitalization of $159 million and a fully diluted (FDV) valuation of $883 million; FDV is the projection of value if the entire supply were in circulation.
The total issuance was set at 10 billion tokens with a distribution designed to balance growth and control: 48% for the community, 12% for investors and 20% for team and contributors, according to public launch data. The company completed a $18 million Series A round in September 2025, bringing total funding to $33 million, the company’s statement released after the debut notes.
Context and impact of the KITE token
The token is presented as the economic unit of an “agentic economy”: it will allow autonomous agents to execute payments, purchase compute resources, participate in staking for network security and vote in protocol governance. In short, KITE is both a market asset and an operational mechanism for an AI-oriented payments layer.
The intense initial liquidity suggests both speculative demand and practical interest in the value proposition, while presence on large exchanges facilitates access and price discovery. The gap between market capitalization and FDV reveals dilution risk as future supply is released, which can add volatility.
The distribution with nearly half directed to the community points to an intent for decentralization, but the 20% allocated to the team requires monitoring of vesting schedules and control of token flow.
From an institutional perspective, the $18 million Series A round indicates venture capital backing and resources for protocol development. For users and infrastructure providers, the goal of enabling autonomous payments raises needs for integration with oracles, compute markets and operational security models.
The KITE launch marks an operational milestone for AI-oriented payments and raises next verifiable focuses: monitoring listings on additional markets, token release schedule (vesting) and real adoption by agents that require payments and compute resources.
